Hunting
Red dot scopes help eliminate gobbler misses
Seasoned turkey hunters, those with decades of experience, can recall their successful hunts with amazing clarity.
But even more so do they remember so vividly the misses, those times when the gobbler ran off
Dean Bortz: This Wisconsin hunting, fishing crew still going strong
The original epistle for this week’s space was headed in a whole different direction when I discovered the material you’ll see below. We do 26 issues a year at Wisconsin Outdoor News, so I have
A popular puppy, or something different? There’s a reason some breeds are picked most by hunters
Some upland bird and waterfowl hunters meticulously plan for their next bird dog. Others just catch a case of cabin fever and give in to their whims when it comes to adding a new recruit.
Christine Thomas: Oh no, stuck yet again!
Christine and Stan Thomas have collected a number of stories of getting vehicles stuck over their 50 years of outdoor adventures. Most recently they were able to free their Suburban with a yank from the
Cabin fever got you down? February in Minnesota is for squirrel, rabbit hunting
Snow crunched under my boots as my son Jason and I hiked across a plowed field toward a wooded valley in southeast Minnesota. Recent subzero temperatures had crusted over the top of the snow, making
Jeremiah Haas: Tools and strategies deer hunters use now can make a difference come fall
While the Chicago Bears did not make it into the February postseason, deer hunters across Illinois should be thinking about their postseason activities.
Hunters kill 153 elk during Michigan’s 2025 season that saw record applicants
Brent Henige shot a 559-pound elk on state-managed public land in Montmorency County during the second segment of Michigan’s 2025 elk season.
But that was not the whole story. Henige, of New Lothrop, braved
As outdoor technology advances, Minnesota DNR deals with fair chase questions
At the Minnesota DNR’s 2026 Roundtable last month, one of the final sessions of the day was entitled “Future of Fair Chase and Natural Resource Sustainability.”
The discussion revolved around the role of new
A hunt for the big bull moose of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
Jonathan LeBel, of Ogdensburg, in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., is a passionate big game hunter.
One of his dream adventures, from a bucket list of sorts, was to connect with a 70-inch bull moose.
